1. Most of the residents were elderly and so they all invariably turned ________ early most evenings.

2. One long hot summer I turned ________ waiting as my method of getting cash.

3. As you've probably ________ I'm not really keen on flying.

4. He tries to give you the ________ that you're out in your car watching the countryside roll by.

5. The new owners had had to turn ________ all the rooms which were full of rubbish.

6. Anyone seeking ________ of life on Mars is likely to be disappointed.

7. A spacecraft is heading for the planet with a device that will ________ into the soil to sniff for proof of any life.

8. The waiting was done by me and Doris, who should have turned it ________ years ago and by rights have been a guest herself because of the great age.

9. Then you start to eat your meal and discover that the knives and forks are made of plastic and snap under ________ .

10. However, as she told me frequently, she had no intention of turning ________ an old fogey herself.